The Problem.
Many articles on Wikipedia could use an image, but the only corresponding images on iNaturalist currently lack an appropriate sharing license (CC0, CC-BY, or CC-BY-SA). The following taxa have been identified as being needed on Wikipedia and worthy of requesting a license change. If you identify another such image then please add it to the list below.
A separate wiki list is kept for those images also not represented on Wikimedia Commons but do not yet have a corresponding Wikipedia article. These images could be useful for future articles on the subject.
The Numbers
271 Image license change requests sent to 261 users
183 responses received (68%)
173 positive responses, 9 refusals (95%)
168 Image licenses changed by 161 users
10 users then applied these changes to all their other images as well.
Images needed
Here is a list of a selection of taxa that have research grade images on iNaturalist but no corresponding image on Wikipedia:
Allocapnia maria (Two-knobbed Snowfly) - license change requested 25 Apr 2021
Allocapnia minima (Boreal Snowfly) - license change requested 25 Apr 2021
Allocapnia recta (Eastern Snowfly) - waiting until user (owenstrickland) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Arenivaga erratica - license change requested 22 Apr 2021
Argyrodes fissifrons (Thief Spider) - license change requested 05 Mar 2021
Alcyopis cyanoptera - license change requested 18 Mar 2021
Armoracia sisymbrioides - license change requested 03 Apr 2021
Asiadodis yunnanensis (Chinese Shield Mantis) - license change requested 23 Feb 2021
Bulia similaris (Similar Graphic) - license change requested 04 Apr 2021 (nb. first user refused request)
Buthoscorpio sarasinorum - license change requested 18 Mar 2021
Chilara taylori (Spotted Cusk-Eel) - license change requested 09 Jan 2021, and 27 Mar 2021
Coprinellus aureogranulatus - license change requested 28 Sep 2021
Coptotermes gestroi (Asian Subterranean Termite) - license change requested 24 Apr 2021
Coptotriche badiiella (White Oak Leafminer Moth) - only images of leaf mines/damage
Cordierites coralloides - license change requested 28 Sep 2021
Costoanachis semiplicata (Gulf Dove Snail) - license change requested 21 Apr 2021
Criodion cinereum - license change requested 01 Sep 2021 (nb. first user refused request)
Diaperasticus erythrocephalus - license change requested 05 May 2021
Echinostelium minutum - license change requested 01 Oct 2021 for genus page (although user last active in Aug 2016)
Empis maculata - wait a few months, user (raedwulf68) just change another image
Epicaerus lepidotus - license change requested 04 Apr 2021 (nb. first user refused request)
Eucapnopsis brevicauda (Shorttailed Snowfly) - license change requested 25 Apr 2021
Eucera cordleyi (Cordley’s Long-horned Bee) - license change requested 14 Jan 2021
Eucera hamata (Hooked Long-horned Bee) - license change requested 14 Jan 2021
Eugongylus rufescens (Bar-lipped Sheen-Skink) - license change requested 02 Mar 2021
Euthlastoblatta abortiva - license change requested 24 Apr 2021
Euthlastoblatta facies - license change requested 24 Apr 2021
Forficula mikado - license change requested 06 May 2021
Forficula ruficollis - license change requested 06 May 2021
Grapholita fissana - license change requested 09 Sep 2021
Gryllita arizonae - license change requested 07 May 2021
Gymnogryllus leucostictus - license change requested 07 May 2021
Halenia pulchella - license change requested 25 Jan 2021
Haplorhynchites planifrons - waiting until user (psyllidhipster) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Heptium scamillatum - license change requested 20 Apr 2021
Heterachthes integripennis - license change requested 02 Apr 2021
Hexoplon calligrammum - license change requested 29 Mar 2021
Hileithia differentialis - license change requested 20 May 2021
Hoplopholcus labyrinthi - license change requested 19 Jun 2021
Hoplopholcus minotaurinus - license change requested 19 Jun 2021
Hoplopholcus minous - license change requested 19 Jun 2021
Hyperaspis binotata - license change requested 29 Apr 2021
Kathroperla perdita (Longhead Sallfly) - license change requested 27 Apr 2021
Kepolydesmus anderisus - license change requested 07 Oct 2021
Laphria canis - license change requested 01 Apr 2021
Macrotermes gilvus - license change requested 23 May 2021 (first user refused request)
Microtus-chrotorrhinus (Rock Vole) - license change requested 25 Mar 2021
Nealcidion cuspidatum - license change requested 09 Apr 2021
Nealcidion latum - license change requested 22 Apr 2021
Neocompsa alacris - license change requested 22 Mar 2021
Neocompsa gaumeri - license change requested 15 Apr 2021
Neocompsa intricata - license change requested 31 Mar 2021
Neocompsa tenuissima - license change requested 19 Apr 2021
Nephrurus sheai (Kimberley Rough Knob-tailed Gecko) - license change requested 15 Oct 2021
Ochraethes tomentosus - license change requested 16 Apr 2021
Ochraethes viridiventris - license change requested 02 Apr 2021
Odo patricius (genus and family page) - license change requested 16 Apr 2021
Odontotermes obesus- license change requested 24 Apr 2021
Ogcocephalus radiatus (Polkadot Batfish) - license change requested 17 Apr 2021
Oncideres angaturama - license change requested 07 Apr 2021
Oncideres digna - license change requested 17 Apr 2021
Oncideres diringsi - license change requested 17 Apr 2021
Oncideres fulva - license change requested 21 Mar 2021
Oncideres limpida - license change requested 15 Apr 2021
Oncideres minuta - license change requested 15 Apr 2021
Oncideres scitula - wait for response from Neocompsa tenuissima request (19 Apr 2021)
Oncideres sobrina - license change requested 21 Apr 2021
Palaemnema gigantula - license change requested 09 Apr 2021
Paraperla wilsoni (Chilliwack Sallfly) - wait until prev req answered
Pardosa mackenziana (Mackenzie’s Thin-legged Wolf Spider) - license change requested 23 Apr 2021
Procambarus pygmaeus (Christmas Tree Crayfish) - license change requested 23 Dec 2019 and 04 Jan 2020 (second user)
Protopiophila litigata (Antler Fly) - license change requested 19 Mar 2021
Pselliopus zebra - license change requested 07 Mar 2021
Pseudopostega cretea - license change requested 18 Mar 2021
Quercus urbanii - first user unsure of identification. second user contacted 27 Apr 2021
Reticulitermes hageni - license change requested 24 Apr 2021
Skwala americana - license change requested 28 Apr 2021
Spondias radlkoferi - license change requested 02 Apr 2021
Stenoptilodes brevipennis - license change requested 19 Apr 2021
Sturnira ludovici (Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat) - license change requested 22 Mar 2021
Symploce morsei just asked, wait a few weeks (22 May 2021)
Thoracibidion buquetii - license change requested 21 Apr 2021
Thoracibidion striatocolle - license change requested 24 Mar 2021
Tillandsia elongata - license change requested 07 Apr 2021
Trachylepis socotrana (Socotra Mabuya) - license change requested 18 Aug 2021
Tropidion personatum - license change requested 07 Mar 2021
Turpinia occidentalis - license change requested 21 Apr 2021
Tylomys nudicaudus - license change requested 09 Nov 2020, and 27 Mar 2021
Vostox apicedentatus (Toothed Earwig) - license change requested 06 May 2021
Images unsuitable
Anurogryllus celerinictus - only one RG observation, but image obscured and blurry
Diradius vandykei - one RG observation, but image too blurry to use.
Nemurella pictetii - poor image
Paraidemona punctata - only one RG observation, but user is deceased.
Pristoceuthophilus arizonae - the only RG image is by the same user who already refused a different request
Texophon nessium - two observations, but both by a user who has not previously replied to a request.
Tortyra argentifascia - neither of the two RG images currently available appears to be definitive according to user:coronadogim.
Images no longer needed
Agelaia multipicta - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Dejongia lobidactylus - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Dermanura watsoni - license change requested, user unable to change license but now no longer needed.
Heteromys salvini (Salvin’s Spiny Pocket Mouse) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Liolaemus stolzmanni (Stolzmann’s Lizard) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Neotoma macrotis (Big-eared Woodrat) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Ochraethes palmeri - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Rekoa malina - license change requested but first user did not complete license change, image now no longer needed.
Rhyzobius forestieri - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Siphonoperla torrentium (Small Yellow Sally) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Refused requests
Bibundia hermanni - license change request refused
Bulia mexicana - license change request refused
Oncideres rubra - license change request refused 18 Apr 2021
Paracapnia opis (Northeastern Snowfly) - license change request refused 25 Apr 2021
Licenses changed
Adorea splendida - thanks @ laurent_h !
Acacia difficilis - thanks @ gecko1 ! (nb. first user refused request)
Acanthogilia gloriosa (Baja Phlox) - thanks @ joeysantore !
Aethes mymara - thanks @ owenstrickland !
Agelaia vicina - thanks @ rogeriomachado !
Allopiophila luteata - thanks @ renko !
Amanita orientifulva (Asian Orange-Brown Ringless Amanita) - thanks @ wang1420 !
Ambeodontus tristis (Twotoothed Longhorn) - thanks @ jtweed !
Amietia vertebralis (Maluti River Frog) - thanks @ rob_palmer !
Amphibolips quercusracemaria- thanks @ janetwright !
Ancylis discigerana (Yellow Birch Leaffolder Moth) - thanks @ joannerusso !
Andrena curvungula - thanks @ khd !
Angelica tomentosa (Woolly Angelica) - thanks @ morganstickrod !
Anomala foraminosa - thanks @mako252 !
Antodynerus limbatus - thanks @ karan_7 !
Antrodiaetus pugnax - thanks @ thrust_belt !
Apachyus peterseni - thanks @ tjeales !
Apletodon dentatus (Small-headed Clingfish) - thanks @ jujurenoult !
Aplidium solidum - thanks @ alex_bairstow !
Aposthonia gurneyi) - thanks @ ellurasanctuary !
Arenivaga apacha - thanks @ morgancantrell !
Arenivaga investigata (Desert Cockroach) - thanks @ isaac_krone !
Arytropteris granulithorax - thanks @ alexanderr !
Astrotischeria solidagonifoliella - thanks @ royaltyler !
Asynapteron glabriolum - thanks @ jorgemanchola !
Attaneuria ruralis (Stone Giant) - thanks @lfelliot !
Bulia confirmans - thanks @ wayne_fidler !
Californiulus euphanus - thanks @ adambryant !
Callipterinella calliptera - thanks @ mihajlo2 !
Calomyxa metallica - thanks @sarahlloyd !
Carabus pedemontanus - thanks @ berniedup !
Chordodes formosanus - thanks @ bettyshen !
Chorisoneura parishi - thanks @ techgrl18 !
Cochylichroa aurorana (Pink-mottled Cochylis) - thanks @ mhking !
Coeloptera vulpina - thanks @ dustaway !
Compsibidion maronicum - thanks @ gerryvantonder !
Compsibidion vanum - thanks @ pajeu !
Coptotermes acinaciformis - thanks @ streglystend !
Corella willmeriana (Icy Tunicate) - thanks @ sitkaconnor !
Criodion angustatum - thanks @nicoolejnik !
Criodion tomentosum - thanks @caja-manga !
Crotaphytus reticulatus (Reticulate Collared Lizard) - thanks @ neilbalchan ! (nb. second user request, no reply from first user request)
Cycloptera arcuata - thanks @ danielpuckett !
Cycnia collaris (Unexpected Cycnia Moth) - thanks @ wildreturn !
Cylindropuntia fosbergii - thanks @ birgitknorr !
Dolichoderus decollatus - thanks @ thierrycordenos !
Diapheromera persimilis (Similar Walkingstick) - thanks @ Matt !
Diasporidion duplicatum - thanks @ jmmaes !
Elaphrus ruscarius - thanks @ jeffcramer !
Entedon magnificus - thanks @ elusiveorchids !
Epicaerus imbricatus - thanks @ henry_wallace !
Epidendrum excisum* - thanks @ henry_wallace !
Epilampra maya - thanks @ efray !
Eremoblatta hirsuta - thanks @ yoshito_fm !
Euborellia annulata - thanks @ onidiras !
Eucera actuosa - thanks @ anudibranchmom !
Eugongylus albofasciolatus (Solomon Island Ground Skink) - thanks @ squiresk !
Eupeodes nitens - thanks @ raedwulf68 !
Eurycotis lixa - thanks @ lucanus95 !
Eutrochium steelei - thanks @ annprince52 !
Forficula lucasi - thanks @ savvaszafeiriou !
Forficula tomis - thanks @ sanya-copepoda !
Galaxias divergens (Dwarf Galaxias) - thanks @ lisa_bennett !
Galumna sp - thanks @ grey !
Gampsocera numerata - thanks @ rui_andrade!
Globitermes sulphureus - thanks @ zinogre !
Gnathamitermes sp. (Long-jawed Desert Termites) - thanks @ codyhough !
Gnomibidion fulvipes - thanks @ rmodaiane !
Gyrinus gibber - thanks @ jeanfrancoisroch !
Haploperla sp. - thanks @ little_metal_weirdo !
Haplorhynchites quadripennis - thanks @tcouncil !
Haplorhynchites eximius - thanks @colincroft !
Haplorhynchites pseudomexicanus - thanks @ ashley-j-schmitz !
Hesperoperla hoguei - thanks @ barbarab !
Heterachthes ebenus - thanks @ ncowey !
Heterachthes fraterculus - thanks @ oliverkomar !
Heterachthes howdeni - thanks @ aztekium_tutor !
Heterachthes plagiatus - thanks @ lrubio7 !
Heterachthes w-notatus - thanks @ valkyrjan !
Hexoplon venus - thanks @ oscarencisoa !
Hoplopholcus forskali - thanks @ besnikfetiu1 !
Hospitalitermes monoceros -thanks @ amila_sumanapala !
Hyperandra excavata - license changed 05 Apr 2021 - thanks @ gernotkunz !
Hypericum thesiifolium - license changed 09 Apr 2021 - thanks @ erickaceae_98 !
Irbisia californica - license changed 14 Apr 2021 - thanks @ michaelwall !
Irbisia sericans - license changed 13 Apr 2021 - thanks @ gwark !
Isopedella cana - license changed 16 Mar 2021 - thanks @ npk!
Itata completa - thanks @ stanimiradeleva !
Isoperla bilineata - license changed 13 Apr 2021 - thanks @ gordonjohnston2 !
Lacanobia atlantica (Atlantic Arches Moth) - license changed 16 Apr 2021 - thanks @ stubirdnb !
Lagocheirus binumeratus - license changed 15 Apr 2021 - thanks @ jmmaes !
Lagocheirus rosaceus - thanks @ alex_cicindela_guy !
Leposoma scincoides - thanks @ joao_gava_just !
Turbo White-lipped Frog (Leptodactylus poecilochilus) - thanks @ jakeschneider00 !
Liarea hochstetteri ssp. carinella - license changed 10 Mar 2021 - thanks @ glycymeris !
Liarea turriculata - license changed 13 Mar 2021 - thanks @ mike68lusk !
Liothula omnivora (Adult Common Bag Moth) - license changed 04 Jan 2021 - thanks @ aniste !
Litoprosopus confligens - license changed 28 Dec 2020 - thanks @ gernotkunz !
Liturgusa krattorum - license changed 01 Apr 2021 - thanks @ jiri_hodecek !
Lychas srilankensis - license changed 08 Apr 2021 - thanks @ sanjaya_kanishka !
Marava arachidis (Bone-house Earwig) - thanks @ brandonwoo !
Megarcys subtruncata (Truncate Springfly) - thanks @ chloejreid (chloe_and_trevor) !
Menemerus fagei - thanks ** @ podicepscristatus !
Metoligotoma tasmanica - thanks @ zosterops99 !
Muhlenbergia utilis - thanks @ romeyswanson !
Neocompsa chemsaki - thanks @ jaico !
Neocompsa cylindricollis - thanks @ sikim !
Neocompsa sericans - thanks @ nickbedard !
Neocompsa textilis - thanks @ rolandorc !
Neomochtherus willistoni - license changed 28 Jan 2021 - thanks @ chloe_and_trevor !
Neorapana tuberculata - license changed 11 Jan 2021 - thanks @ dpom !
Nes longus (Orangespotted Goby) - license changed 21 Apr 2021 - thanks @ craigjhowe !
Nicuesa speciosa - license changed 25 Apr 2021 - thanks @ peterhma !
Notoplana australis - license changed 19 Mar 2021 - thanks @ gumnut !
Nyctemera cenis - license changed 22 Jul 2021 - thanks @ budowski !
Nymphargus griffithsi (Pepper Glassfrog) - license changed 20 Mar 2021 - thanks @ osoandino !
Ochraethes brevicornis - license changed 18 Apr 2021 - thanks @ mvz-juangonzalezromero !
Ochraethes citrinus - license changed 22 Mar 2021 - thanks @ belemqueuedelapin !
Oncideres albomarginata - license changed 08 Apr 2021 - thanks @ kkrockytop !
Oncideres colombiana - license changed 21 Apr 2021 - thanks @ oscarencisoa !
Oncideres laceyi - license changed 18 Apr 2021 - thanks @ antshrike69 !
Oncideres pallifasciata - license changed 29 Apr 2021 - thanks @ momoto-erick !
Oncideres punctata - license changed 22 Apr 2021 - thanks @ adamwhiskey !
Onychohydrus scutellaris - license changed 29 Mar 2021 - thanks @ billelder !
Opsibidion albinum - license changed 12 Apr 2021 - thanks @ tamiranda !
Orgyia detrita - license changed 15 May 2021 - thanks @ wendybirdsbyrv !
Oxyloma retusum (Blunt Ambersnail) - license changed 24 Dec 2020 - thanks @ marlacoppolino !
Paciocinebrina gracillima (Graceful Rocksnail) - license changed 15 Apr 2021 - thanks @ alex_bairstow !
Palaemnema chiriquita - license changed 01 Apr 2021 - thanks @ dennispaulson !
Palaemnema domina (Desert Shadowdamsel) - license changed 23 Mar 2021 - thanks @ desertharrier !
Paraperla frontalis (Hyporheic Sallfly) - license changed 15 May 2021 - thanks @ hjacobson !
Paraplotosus albilabris (Whitelip Catfish) - license changed 18 Apr 2021 - thanks @ albertkang !
Paraplotosus butleri (Sailfin Catfish) - license changed 29 Apr 2021 - thanks @ toeayling !
Paratriarius adonis - license changed 24 Mar 2021 - thanks @ rogerrittmaster !
Pardosa vancouveri - thanks @ fmcghee !
Periplaneta japanna (Urushi Cockroach) - license changed 22 Apr 2021 - thanks @ genjitsu !
Periplaneta japonica (Japanese Cockroach) - thanks @ simhak !
Peromyscus fraterculus (Northern Baja Deer Mouse) - thanks@ sidesplotch !**
Philodromus collinus - license changed 01 Jun 2021 - thanks @ bvaleur !
Phonarellus minor - license changed 07 May 2021 - thanks @ gopisundar !
Phyllocnistis labyrinthella - license changed 07 Jul 2021 - thanks @ johsan !
Pilophorus laetus - license changed 28 Jan 2021 - thanks @ barbara_thurlow !
Platorish - license changed 01 Mar 2021 - thanks @ ellurasanctuary !
Plebeia remota - license changed 06 Jun 2021 - thanks @ meliponicultor !
Podabrus conspiratus - thanks @ snapshotbirder !
Pristoceuthophilus celatus - thanks @ laurus_nobilis !
Pristoceuthophilus cercalis - thanks @ ldc !
Pseudosermyle catalinae (Catalina Walkingstick) - thanks @ diego4nature !
Pterolocera amplicornis - thanks @russ87 !
Pteroplatus pulcher - license changed 13 Apr 2021 - thanks @ mcclarinj !
Pygmodeon ditelum - thanks @ tusee !
Pygmodeon mutabile - license changed 14 Apr 2021 - thanks @ ameeds !
Pygmodeon validicorne - license changed 29 Mar 2021 - thanks @ a_meyer !
Rhinella dapsilis (Sharp-nosed Toad) - license changed 20 Mar 2021 - thanks @ dhfischer !
Rhipidocladum bartlettii - license changed 22 Apr 2021 - thanks @ jmeerman !
Scelolyperus torquatus - license changed 24 Mar 2021 - thanks @ thomaseverest !
Shipsa rotunda (Intrepid Forestfly) - license changed 25 Apr 2021 - thanks @ nsouc !
Sigmoria australis - license changed 27 Dec 2020 - thanks @ rmedina !
Spiracme nigromaculatus - thanks @thomasbarbin !
Stenoptilodes littoralis - license changed 29 Mar 2021 - thanks @ drbh2o !
Sweltsa lateralis (Curved Sallfly) - thanks @ nickbedard !
Terebra vinosa (Lilac Auger) - thanks @ susanhewitt !
Thaumatoperla robusta - thanks @ tleitch !
Tortyra auriferalis - thanks @ crx2aj3 !
Trochosa robusta - thanks @ raedwulf68 !
Urocitellus-mollis (Piute Ground Squirrel) - thanks @ daver !
Vexillum adamsi - thanks @kestrel !
Zapada cinctipes (Common Forestfly) - thanks @ sydcannings !
Zootermopsis laticeps (Widehead Rottenwood Termite) - thanks @ oridgen10 !
Super contributors
An extra special appreciation for those users who extended their license changes to apply to all the other observations on their life list as well:
barbarab
belemqueuedelapin
caja-manga
colincroft
isaac_krone
jmmaes
lrubio7
tjeales
wendybirdsbyrv
wildreturn
that comments on users’ observations (i.e. if the species matches a list of target species) to suggest making the image available for contribution through a change of license? Posts like this are great, but unless one’s highly familiar with scientific taxonomy, just posting a list like this isn’t going to connect with a lot of people. Even if I recognize “Quercus” in the list, and think, maybe I have an oak in my observations, it’s a circuitous process. It just won’t connect with a lot of users here.